Episode 116 - Why Won't My Toddler Stay in Their Bed?

This week, on the Kids Sleep Show, I am diving into sleep training and coaching indirectly, with an issue so many parents struggle with. The baby will only nap while being held, and immediately when put down, they wake, and cry. Today, I educate families on why this happens at bedtime and naptime plus strategies to get over it, so everyone can sleep through the night and catch a little more z’s. 

Episode Highlights

• Why does baby only sleep when being held?

• How do I transfer baby to the crib without waking her?

• Why won’t baby take longer naps or sleep through the night?

• Do I have to sleep train her to sleep outside of being held?

Resources 

• Find out more about the Tiny Transitions Sleep Steps Sleep Training Course

• Follow Tiny Transitions on Instagram 

• Free Infant & Toddler Sleep Training Resources 

This week, on the Kids Sleep Show, I welcome Linda Alunkal, the CEO and Founder of bitebrave Inc. She is a Chinese born immigrant who learned grit and the will to succeed by surviving as an immigrant family in a new country. Linda received her MBA from Temple University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University. In her career of over 20 years, she has always sought after roles that pushed the boundaries and challenged businesses to be the better. She has served in many innovative and transformative roles within multiple Fortune 50 and startup companies. More recently, she held commercialization and regulatory roles in J&J’s accelerator organization, World Without Diseases Accelerator. 

Linda’s family lives with multiple severe life-threatening food allergies, she understands deeply the intense daily burden that a food allergy diagnosis has on a family. She's also spent the last 4 years learning about the science of this disease in industry and on her own. Because of this, she believes it is her life’s work to educate and help other families in the first year of baby’s life on ways to prevent their baby from ever developing this terrible disease of food allergies. She started bitebrave knowing that Her true inspiration is helping parents and baby be able to bitebrave-ly for the rest of their lives.

In this week's episode - I am diving into false starts - AKA - Your baby wakes up every night 45 minutes after you put them to bed, and you just can’t seem to figure out why. We dive into the 3 likely things that are causing it and how to stop baby from waking. 

Why does the baby wake 45 minutes after I put them to sleep at bedtime?

• How do I stop a baby from waking up crying 45 minutes after being asleep? 

• The three things you need to assess in your routine to ensure that one of them isn’t the cause. 

• How to help them settle and sleep through the night. 

Resources 

• Find out more about Tiny Transitions

• Join our Sleep Steps Membership Program for just $47/month

• Download our 7 Tips for Better Infant Sleep Guide

• Follow Us on Instagram

Book a Free Call with one of our Certified Toddler Sleep Coaches

In this week's episode - I am diving into how long a 6-month-old should be awake, the 3 or 2 nap schedule, how to structure their day, and how to know it’s time to transition naps. Plus, I dive into one more thing that you should not need to do any more at six months old for baby to sleep through the night! 

Episode Highlights

• What is the Ideal 6-Month-Old Wake Window?

• What is the Ideal 6-Month-Nap Schedule?

• How many naps should a 6-month-old take to sleep through the night?

• Does a 6-Month Old Still Need to Eat Overnight?

• What is the best bedtime or a 6-month-old, in your perspective as a Baby Sleep Coach/Consultant?

Resources 

• Find out more about Tiny Transitions

• Download our 7 Tips for Better Infant Sleep Guide

• Follow Us on Instagram

Book a Free Call with one of our Certified Toddler Sleep Coaches

This week, Courtney is talking all about 10 month old wake windows, a sample schedule for a 10 month old and how to best align daytime and a baby that still settles easily at bedtime and sleeps through the night.

In this week's episode - I am diving into toddler tantrums. Stopping toddler tantrums can be challenging, but there are several strategies you can try to help manage and prevent them, and I dive into them today. 

Episode Highlights  

• We discuss the triggers that can lead to tantrums.

• Coping strategies to diffuse and discuss the behavior. 

• Managing timing to avoid overtired & overstimulation

• How to build consistency & why it equals less anxiety.

Resources 

• Find out more about Tiny Transitions

• Download our 5 Tips to Tame Your Toddler Tornado Guide

• Follow Us on Instagram

• Book a Free Call with one of our Certified Toddler Sleep Coaches

Today we dive into the right age and stage to move to a big kid bed from a kid. Many parents are excited and eager for this transition, but be sure to catch this episode, as you don’t want to do it wrong. 

Episode Highlights

• What age should you move to a big kid bed from a crib

• How to best handle the big kid bed transition

• What tricks are there to keep a baby in their crib when they jump out

• Signs they are ready for a big kid bed

Resources

• Find out more about Tiny Transitions

• Download our 5 Tips to Tame Your Toddler Tornado Guide

• Follow Us on Instagram

• Book a Free Call with one of our Certified Baby & Toddler Sleep Coaches

Welcome Lisa Myers to the Show. Lisa Myers is the inventor and founding mama of Ceres Chill, a breastmilk storage company that replaces the 1970’s bulky cooler technology that have been holding women back for decades. 

Today we dive into why Lisa was determined to find a solutions for breastfeeding mommas replaced outdated, bulky and icky solutions. Lisa has been an amazing advocate for pumping moms, breaking down barriers for breastfeeding families across the globe and we are excited to have her on the show! 

Episode Highlights

• What led Lisa, as a new mother to design the Ceres Chill product?

• How has the product solved a key struggle for breastfeeding moms?

• What makes the Ceres Chill cooler different?

• How as a femal founder, does Lisa balance the load of work and home life?

• What’s next for Ceres Chill?

Resources

• Find out more about the amazing products at cereschill.com

• Follow Them on Instagram and Ceres Chill Español

• Follow Them on TikTok and Ceres Chill Espanol

• Breastfeeding & Sleep Questions? Book a Free Call with our resident CLC and Certified Gentle Sleep Coach Erin Forish

In this episode, we cover the ideal wake windows, sleep schedules and developmental ability for your 10 month old to sleep through the night. Naps and overnight sleep are connected, so you don't want to miss this one!  

Join me today for an inspiring conversation with Author Debbie Marini, who is on a mission to help children understand they are never alone. After her son lost his best friend to suicide and her own house burned to the ground twice, she has learned to lean in and trust a higher power, helping children through her new series of books, which I am excited to speak about today. Our conversation I found to be so inspiring and I am thankful to have met Debbie and you will be too!

Debbie has combined her background as a mental health advocate with her training and experience connected to Spirituality to reinforce to youth the belief they are never alone. She holds a Masters's Degree in Human Behavioral Psychology, a Reiki Level 2 Certification, NLP Practitioner Certification, and has successfully completed the Mental Health First Aid Trainer Certification for Adults and Youth as well as the Resilience Certification at UPenn. The collaboration of her experience in the mental health arena with her journey surrounding spirituality has culminated in a children’s book series dedicated to her granddaughter that introduces God and spirituality in a relatable way. Debbie’s mission is to bring to light the awareness that we are all a part of something bigger and never alone.